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Inter Press Service: A proposed irrigation scheme promises greater food security for Namibia, but should the 10,000 hectare Katondo Farm Project be completed, it could threaten the health of the Okavango River. Thihako Mukena paddles his mokoro slowly across a soccer field, pointing with a smile towards the goalposts that barely clear the water's surface. Heavy rains in Angola months earlier have meandered down the Okavango to his doorstep: the river is at its highest point in nearly fifty years. His ......
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NAMIBIA: Will Farm Project Mean the River Runs Dry?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 18th, 2010
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